leita

See also: leitä

Contents

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse leita.

Verb

leita

1. to seek, to search

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leita.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eiːta

Verb

leita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leitaði, supine leitað)

1. (with dative or að) to seek, to search, to look for

   Afsakið, en ég er að leita að Hallgrímskirkju.

   Excuse me, I'm looking for Hallgrímskirkja.

   Þú ættir að leita læknis, þú lítur ekki vel út.

   You should consult a doctor. You don't look well.

   Ég ákvað að leita til miðils til að tala við vin minn sem dó.

   I decided to turn to a psychic to talk to my friend who died.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• leita á
• leita eftir
• leita fyrir sér
• leita hófanna hjá

• leitast
• leitast við
• leita til

Related terms

• leit

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• leitet
• leitte (simple past)
• lette (simple past)
• leitt (past participle)
• lett (past participle)

Verb

leita

1. inflection of leite:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• leite

Etymology

From Old Norse leita. Akin to English obsolete dialectal English lait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²læɪtɑ/

Verb

leita (present tense leitar or leiter, past tense leita or leitte, past participle leita or leitt, present participle leitande, imperative leit)

1. to search

Related terms

• leit (noun)

See also

• lete (Bokmål)

References

• “leita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

Verb

leita

1. to seek, to search

Descendants

• Faroese: leita
• Icelandic: leita
• Norwegian:

• Bokmål: lete or leite
• Nynorsk: leite or leita

• Elfdalian: lieta
• Danish: lede
• Swedish: leta

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Portuguese

Noun

leita f (plural leitas)

1. milt (fish semen)

Synonyms

• láctea